Maine Learning Results: Social Studies . B. Civics and Government.
B2 Rights, Duties, Responsibility and Citizen Participation in Government. Grades 9-Diploma.
"Contemporary United States, 1961-present"
Students understand the legal rights, the civic duties and responsibilities, and roles of citizens living under other forms of government in the world."
b. Evaluate the relationship between the government and the individual as evident in the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and landmarked court decision.
What understandings are desired?
Students will understand that:(U)
•Government Bodies around the world are different. L5
•The government they are apart of has a distinct form and function. L1,5
•Citizens in America have a role with government. L6
•Our rights as Americans are a product of important court cases. L2,3,4
What essential questions will be considered?
•Why do different cultures form different forms of government? L5
•How does the government that you are apart of function? L1,5
•What is the relationship between the government and the people? L6
•How have the rights we have been influenced by important court cases? L2,3,4
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
Students will know:(K)
Students will be able to do:(S)
•Important Events: 1776, Founding fathers, Roe v Wade,
Brown v Board or Education.
•Vocabulary: Bill of Rights, Constitution, Authoritarian Regime,
Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy.
•Timelines: Important Court Cases
•Compare and Contrast a foreign government's structure to their own
government's structure.
• Explain the difference between the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.
• Participate in some way with their government (write
a legislative document, work with a lobby or non profit,
contact a representative, etc.).
• b. Evaluate the relationship between the government
and the individual as evident in the US constitution, Bill of Rights,
and landmark Court Cases.
• Illustrate how our rights have remained the same changed
or adapted through history.
• Explain a court case in history, the incidents leading
up to the case, and how the case changed the rights
of citizens in America.
Stage 1 Identify Desired Results
B2 Rights, Duties, Responsibility and Citizen Participation in Government. Grades 9-Diploma.
"Contemporary United States, 1961-present"
Students understand the legal rights, the civic duties and responsibilities, and roles of citizens living under other forms of government in the world."
b. Evaluate the relationship between the government and the individual as evident in the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and landmarked court decision.
What understandings are desired?
•The government they are apart of has a distinct form and function. L1,5
•Citizens in America have a role with government. L6
•Our rights as Americans are a product of important court cases. L2,3,4
What essential questions will be considered?
•Why do different cultures form different forms of government? L5•How does the government that you are apart of function? L1,5
•What is the relationship between the government and the people? L6
•How have the rights we have been influenced by important court cases? L2,3,4
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
Brown v Board or Education.
•Vocabulary: Bill of Rights, Constitution, Authoritarian Regime,
Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy.
•Timelines: Important Court Cases
government's structure.
• Explain the difference between the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.
• Participate in some way with their government (write
a legislative document, work with a lobby or non profit,
contact a representative, etc.).
• b. Evaluate the relationship between the government
and the individual as evident in the US constitution, Bill of Rights,
and landmark Court Cases.
• Illustrate how our rights have remained the same changed
or adapted through history.
• Explain a court case in history, the incidents leading
up to the case, and how the case changed the rights
of citizens in America.
2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and JayMcTighe